The Elsie Drake Letters by Robert Popper with Robert Popper

About this episode

<p>This week's book guest is The Elsie Drake Letters by Robert Popper.</p><br><p>Sara and Cariad are joined by legendary comedy writer, producer and actor Robert Popper who's worked on everything from <em>Look Around You </em>to <em>Friday Night Dinner, Peep Show </em>and <em>Stath Lets Flats. </em>In this episode they discuss bananas, the King, Potsy the hedgehog, stamps and the Pope.</p><br><p>Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!</p><br><p>The Elsie Drake Letters are available to buy <a href="https://bertsbooks.co.uk/about/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><br><p>You can find Robert on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/itsrobertpopper/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a> @itsrobertpopper and <a href="https://x.com/robertpopper?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a> @robertpopper</p><br><p>Tickets for the live Weirdos show at the Southbank Centre with special guest Harriet Walter are available to <a href="https://www.plosive.co.uk/events/weirdos-book-club-live-london-literature-festival-2024" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">buy here</a>!</p><br><p>Cariad’s children's book The Christmas Wish-tastrophe is available to <a href="https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/cariad-lloyd/the-christmas-wish-tastrophe/9781444971484/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">pre-order</a> now.</p><p>Sara’s debut novel Weirdo is published by Faber &amp; Faber and is available to buy <a href="https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571374526-weirdo/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>Cariad’s book You Are Not Alone is published by Bloomsbury and is available to buy <a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/you-are-not-alone-9781526621870/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><br><p>Follow Sara &amp; Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a> @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and <a href="https://twitter.com/weirdosbookclub" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a> @weirdosbookclub</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for <a href="https://www.plosive.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Plosive</a>.</p><p>Artwork by Welcome Studio.&nbsp;</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>